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گوکو
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Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Gokū in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences from the Hong Kong action cinema of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Goku made his debut in the first Dragon Ball chapter, Bulma and Son Goku, originally published in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 3, 1984.
Son Goku is the main character of the Dragon Ball manga series, a Japanese comic created by Akira Toriyama that first appeared in 1984, and he was inspired by the Monkey King character from a classic Chinese novel along with action movie stars Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. The character has become culturally significant as the central figure of one of the most influential manga series in Japanese popular culture.
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Key facts
- Character.name
- Son Goku
- Character.franchise
- Dragon Ball
- Character.image
- GokumangaToriyama.png
- Character.caption
- Goku, seen as both an adult and child, illustrated by Akira Toriyama
- Character.species
- Saiyan
- Character.occupation
- Martial artistRadish farmer
- Character.creator
- Akira Toriyama
- Character.first
- Dragon Ball chapter #1 Bulma and Son Goku, December 3, 1984 (Weekly Shōnen Jump 1984 #51)
- Character.lbl1
- Voiced by (Japanese)
- Character.lbl2
- Voiced by (English)
- Character.lbl3
- Portrayed by
- Character.alias
- Kakarot (birth name)
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Gogeta
- Family name
- Sun
- Named after
- carrot
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Chi-Chi
- Child
- Goten
- Father
- Bardock
- Sibling
- Raditz
- Occupation
- warrior
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Based on
- Sun Wukong
- Creator
- Akira Toriyama
- Performer
- Justin Chatwin
- Image
- CPBR2015 - 02 (cropped).jpg
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- name
- Son Goku
- present in work
- Dragon Ball Daima
- location of creation
- Japan
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- killed by
- Cell
- birth name
- Kakarot
- narrative role
- protagonist
- inspired by
- Superman
- superhuman feature or ability
- Super Saiyan
- media franchise
- Dragon Ball
- ethnic group
- Saiyan
- enemy
- Majin Buu
- Commons category
- Goku
- native label
- 孫 悟空
- individual of taxon
- Saiyan
- first appearance
- Dragon Ball
- relative
- Grandpa Gohan
- appears in the form of
- Great Ape
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